| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a performance |
Synonyms: |
bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, schtick, show, sketch, spot, turn |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | avocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hobby |
Synonyms: |
amusement, diversion, kick*, occupation, pastime, recreation, schtick, shot*, side interest, sideline, thing* |
Antonyms: |
profession, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny entertainment |
Synonyms: |
ball*, burlesque, camp, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, farce, field day, fun, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, humorousness, interlude, jesting, joking, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, picnic, play on, satire, schtick, send-up, sitcom, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, wisecracking, witticism, wittiness |
Antonyms: |
tragedy |
| Main Entry: | comic/comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
Synonyms: |
Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, boffo, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky*, fool, foolheaded, for grins, freaky, funny, gelastic, goofus, goofy, gump, horse's tail, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, off the wall, priceless, ridiculous, risible, schtick, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | groove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daily routine |
Synonyms: |
daily grind, grind, pace, rote, rut, same old stuff, schtick, slot |
| Main Entry: | hobby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasurable pastime |
Synonyms: |
amusement, art, avocation, bag*, craft, craze, distraction, diversion, divertissement, fad*, fancy, favorite occupation, fun, game, interest, kick*, labor of love, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, obsession, occupation, pet topic, play, quest, relaxation, schtick, shot, sideline, specialty, sport, thing*, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy |
Antonyms: |
profession, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | peculiarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic; oddity |
Synonyms: |
abnormality, affectation, attribute, bizarreness, character, distinctiveness, eccentricity, feature, foible, freakishness, gimmick, idiosyncrasy, kink, mannerism, mark, odd trait, particularity, property, quality, queerness, quirk, savor, schtick, singularity, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, unusualness |
Antonyms: |
normality, usualness |
| Main Entry: | pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | falsehood, affected show; cover |
Synonyms: |
act, acting, affectation, appearance, artifice, charade, claim, cloak, deceit, deception, display, dissimulation, double-dealing, dumb act, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, gag, guise, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, pretext, routine, ruse, schtick, semblance, sham*, shuffling, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, trickery, veil, veneer, wile |
Antonyms: |
honesty, openness, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | repertory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
Synonyms: |
bit, cache, depot, list, range, rep, repertoire, repository, routine, schtick, stock, stockroom, store, storehouse, stunt, supply |
| Main Entry: | routine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual activity |
Synonyms: |
act, beaten path, bit, channels, custom, cycle, daily grind, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race, rote, round, rut, schtick, spiel*, system, tack, technique, treadmill, usage, way, wont |
Antonyms: |
break, excitement, unusual |